About Political Gastronomica
Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
Dickert leverages online community engagement techniques and technical vision for brand and message management through effective application of social media and organizational processes.
Category Archives: Mitzvahs
Save NPR funding!
So, keeping with the mission of the CPB and the overall effort to keep a free-and-fair programming, the “deficit hawks” are going after essentially $32M in that grant. The good that NPR and the CPB does for our country – especially across the rural parts of our country – is incredibly valuable. When are the Congressional “deficit hawks” going to go after the real portion of the pie that is gauging us? Continue reading
Posted in Mitzvahs, Personal Thoughts, Political Thoughts
Tagged Center for Public Broadcasting, Federal Budget, Federal Deficit, NPR
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If you wanted a community organizer….
….and needed a recommendation, can I suggest a friend of mine from New York City. Noel (known by his friends as “noneck”) has been a staunch advocate of coworking (Change You Want to See), Democratic ideals and has been incredibly … Continue reading
Death of Posse Comitatus Act? Can this be true?
What would you do if you learned that President Bush was preparing – in violation of federal law – to use the U.S. military to maintain order within our borders? I hope you would at least take one minute to help raise awareness about the situation. Continue reading
Posted in Mitzvahs
Tagged American Freedom Campaign, individual rights, Naomi Wolf, posse comitatus act, President Bush
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OneWebDay: Stories of the Impact of the Web
OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. Continue reading
Posted in Mitzvahs, Personal Thoughts
Tagged internet ecosystem, OneWebDay, susan crawford
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